Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
तथा पातकिनो ये च ये च विश्वासघातकाः । तेऽपि सर्वे तथा मुक्तास्तेषां चैवावगाहनात्
tathā pātakino ye ca ye ca viśvāsaghātakāḥ | te'pi sarve tathā muktāsteṣāṃ caivāvagāhanāt
Ebenso werden selbst schwere Sünder und Vertrauensbrecher—sie alle—durch Baden und Untertauchen in jenen Tīrthas erlöst.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A line of remorseful figures—some with downcast faces symbolizing guilt—enter a tīrtha; as they immerse, their shadows lighten, and their hands rise in prayer, indicating release from heavy sins and betrayal.
FAQs
The purifying power of tīrtha-bathing is portrayed as extraordinarily compassionate, extending even to those with severe moral faults.
No single site is named; it continues the general praise of tīrthas described in the surrounding verses.
Avagāhana (tīrtha-immersion/bathing) as a means of pāpa-kṣaya (removal of sin).